{"product_id":"9780593297858","title":"Center Center : A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-memoir of a Boy in Ballet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"James Whiteside is an electrifying performer, an incredible athlete, and an artist, through and through.  To know James is to love him; with Center Center, you are about to fall in love.\" —Jennifer Garner \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e\"A frank examination and celebration of queerness.\"\n\u003cbr\u003e—Good Morning America\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eA daring, joyous, and inspiring memoir-in-essays from the American Ballet Theatre principal dancer-slash-drag queen-slash-pop star who's redefining what it means to be a man in ballet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a mark on every stage around the world that signifies the center of its depth and width, called \"center center.\" James Whiteside has dreamed of standing on that very mark as a principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre ever since he was a twelve-year-old blown away by watching the company's spring gala. The GLAMOUR. The VIRTUOSITY. The RIPPED MEN IN TIGHTS! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In this absurd and absurdist collection of essays, Whiteside tells us the story of how he got to be a primo ballerino—stopping along the way to muse about the tragically fated childhood pets who taught him how to feel, reminisce on ill-advised partying at summer dance camps, and imagine fantastical run-ins with Jesus on Grindr. Also in these pages are tales of the two alter egos he created to subvert the strict classical rigor of ballet: JbDubs, an out-and-proud pop musician, and Ühu Betch, an over-the-top drag queen named after Yoohoo chocolate milk. \n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e Center Center is an exuberant behind-the-scenes tour of Whiteside's triple life, both on- and offstage—a raunchy, curious, and unapologetic celebration of queerness, self-expression, friendship, sex, creativity, and pushing boundaries that will entertain you, shock you*, inspire you, embolden you . . . and maybe even make you cry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR CHILDREN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48224504643819,"sku":"EB_PA0500_I01-04_SIMS","price":29.83,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780593297858-1.jpg?v=1781629142","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780593297858","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}